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To examine why court mandated offenders dropout of drug treatment and to compare their characteristics, treatment experiences, perceptions, and outcomes with treatment completers, we analyzed self-reported and administrative data on [...]

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Representing a major shift in criminal justice policy, Proposition 36 became law in November 2000 as the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), permitting eligible offenders to receive probation with drug treatment instead[...]

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The Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA) represents a major shift in criminal justice policy. Eligible offenders can now be sentenced to drug treatment instead of either supervision without treatment or incarceration. UCL[...]

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This paper reports on the perspectives of substance abuse treatment providers and administrators who participated in a collaborative project to implement a statewide outcome monitoring system, the California Treatment Outcome Project[...]

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OBJECTIVES: We examined differences in substance abuse treatment outcomes between American Indians and their non-American Indian counterparts in California, during 2000 to 2002. METHODS: A total of 368 American Indians and a matched [...]

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Timely information provided by an effective outcome monitoring system (OMS) is key to making improvements in treatment program effectiveness, service provision, and client outcomes. The California Treatment Outcome Project (CaITOP) d[...]